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http://www.dailytribune.net/articles/2009/01/23/news/01.txt
Although Texas Department of Public Safety Highway Patrol (DPS-HP) troopers will never know exactly why Thomas Kennon Harris sped away from them at speeds topping 100-mph, they do know how the pursuit ended Thursday morning.
Harris, 38, of Pittsburg, was killed when the 2005 Chevrolet Corvette he was driving left the roadway in the 1400 block of West 16th Street in Mount Pleasant, struck a culvert and was vaulted high enough to clear a business sign and three parked vehicles before continuing airborne approximately 275-feet over a cleared lot at the intersection of Richardson and West 16th, touching down in the dirt at the west curb of Richardson and then entering the woods on the east side of Richardson, reducing the fiberglass sports car to unidentifiable rubble.
Harris was ejected during the crash, landing in the woods approximately 15 yards from where the vehicle came to a stop.
Investigating DPS-HP trooper Matthew Bryant said Harris may have had a felony warrant out for his arrest when Franklin County DPS-HP trooper Chris Mulch saw him driving east on Highway 67 just before 11 a.m..
Mulch was headed west and turned around to initiate a traffic stop on Harris' Corvette and at that time, Harris sped away at a high rate of speed.
As the cars continued east at high speed on Hwy. 67, Harris, in his effort to elude Mulch, met and almost hit Titus County DPS-HP trooper Jason Pearce's westbound patrol unit head-on.
After the near-collision, Pearce turned around and joined Mulch in the pursuit, according to Bryant.
"As the pursuit approached Mount Pleasant, a third (unidentified) DPS trooper moved into the intersection at 16th Street (Hwy. 67) and West Ferguson Road to block traffic so the high-speed chase would not involve anyone moving through the intersection," said Bryant.
"When Mr. Harris went through the intersection, his rate of speed was so great that he was far enough ahead of our units that they did not have a visual on him when he left the roadway and hit the culvert," said Bryant.
In the report filed by Bryant on the crash, he gives Harris' high rate of speed as the reason for the crash, saying the speed caused Harris to "fail to negotiate the curve."
Harris' speed was so great that when he hit the culvert, his vehicle launched high enough into the air to clear a business sign and three vehicles n a passenger car, a full-size SUV and a full-size pickup parked in a row n then continue airborne for a total of approximately 275 feet, leaving a debris trail across the cleared dirt lot at the corner of Richardson and 16th Streets.
Debris from the Corvette damaged the three parked vehicles as it passed over them.
The Corvette, made of fiberglass, shattered when it struck the woods and ground on the west side of Richardson, but Harris was ejected from the vehicle and was found approximately 15 yards farther into the densely wooded area.
According to Bryant's report, Harris was not wearing his seat belt at the time of the crash.
He was pronounced dead at the scene at 11:13 a.m. by Precinct 1 Justice of the Peace Kay McNutt who ordered the victim's body sent to the Southwest Institute of Forensic Science in Dallas for autopsy.
http://www.dailytribune.net/articles/2009/01/23/news/01.txt
Although Texas Department of Public Safety Highway Patrol (DPS-HP) troopers will never know exactly why Thomas Kennon Harris sped away from them at speeds topping 100-mph, they do know how the pursuit ended Thursday morning.
Harris, 38, of Pittsburg, was killed when the 2005 Chevrolet Corvette he was driving left the roadway in the 1400 block of West 16th Street in Mount Pleasant, struck a culvert and was vaulted high enough to clear a business sign and three parked vehicles before continuing airborne approximately 275-feet over a cleared lot at the intersection of Richardson and West 16th, touching down in the dirt at the west curb of Richardson and then entering the woods on the east side of Richardson, reducing the fiberglass sports car to unidentifiable rubble.
Harris was ejected during the crash, landing in the woods approximately 15 yards from where the vehicle came to a stop.
Investigating DPS-HP trooper Matthew Bryant said Harris may have had a felony warrant out for his arrest when Franklin County DPS-HP trooper Chris Mulch saw him driving east on Highway 67 just before 11 a.m..
Mulch was headed west and turned around to initiate a traffic stop on Harris' Corvette and at that time, Harris sped away at a high rate of speed.
As the cars continued east at high speed on Hwy. 67, Harris, in his effort to elude Mulch, met and almost hit Titus County DPS-HP trooper Jason Pearce's westbound patrol unit head-on.
After the near-collision, Pearce turned around and joined Mulch in the pursuit, according to Bryant.
"As the pursuit approached Mount Pleasant, a third (unidentified) DPS trooper moved into the intersection at 16th Street (Hwy. 67) and West Ferguson Road to block traffic so the high-speed chase would not involve anyone moving through the intersection," said Bryant.
"When Mr. Harris went through the intersection, his rate of speed was so great that he was far enough ahead of our units that they did not have a visual on him when he left the roadway and hit the culvert," said Bryant.
In the report filed by Bryant on the crash, he gives Harris' high rate of speed as the reason for the crash, saying the speed caused Harris to "fail to negotiate the curve."
Harris' speed was so great that when he hit the culvert, his vehicle launched high enough into the air to clear a business sign and three vehicles n a passenger car, a full-size SUV and a full-size pickup parked in a row n then continue airborne for a total of approximately 275 feet, leaving a debris trail across the cleared dirt lot at the corner of Richardson and 16th Streets.
Debris from the Corvette damaged the three parked vehicles as it passed over them.
The Corvette, made of fiberglass, shattered when it struck the woods and ground on the west side of Richardson, but Harris was ejected from the vehicle and was found approximately 15 yards farther into the densely wooded area.
According to Bryant's report, Harris was not wearing his seat belt at the time of the crash.
He was pronounced dead at the scene at 11:13 a.m. by Precinct 1 Justice of the Peace Kay McNutt who ordered the victim's body sent to the Southwest Institute of Forensic Science in Dallas for autopsy.